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have to increase its basis for assessment with
a resultant big jump in the taxes it levies
and collects for the state. *
Moment of Meditation
Conduct yourselves wisely toward outsiders, making
the most of the time. — Col. 4:5
County governments in Texas are in what
the Texas Research League calls a "strait-
the county governments will emerge stronger
than ever.”
For those of us who were around to hear and
marvel at the broadcast beep beep-beep of Sputnik
I it seems that this momentous event occurred
only yesterday.
As a matter of fact, it was nine years ago and
Yo-over that period the United States has come from
behind and now appears to be holding the lead in
spacemanship.
It is also a fact that half the people now living
in this, country were born or reached the age of 21
after the launching of Sputnik I.
One way out of this dilemma would be
to prevail upon the Texas Legislature to pass
a law establishing a statewide fixed ratio of
assessments for state property taxes and
authorizing the county governments to use
a higher ratio, if needed, for financing county
services.
Angeles County, Calif., has blazed a trail
which many students regard as a model for
the urban county.
Under the California constitution, counties
have much the same powers as an incorporat-
. ed municipality, and Los Angeles County has
used these powers to expand into many areas
of service normally regarded as purely urban.
The county makes these services avail-
able on a contract basis to its cities. There are
now 29 “contract cities" in Los Angeles
for financing services which, except for the
pending public library proposal and improv-
rd rural fire protection, are of little direct
benefit to its cities.
And if that notion has any merit we sug-
gest that Orange County taxpayers formally
present it to the Texas Research League
at a “local reaction” meeting it has scheduled
in Beaumont on Oct. 7.
But we do not have A coordinating agency for
these activities or for a continuing study of youth
problems and ways and means of solving them.
The statistics set forth above strongly suggest
that the time has arrived for the formation of that
kind of an organization in our area.
that Pole Sarasin is tackling the
subject of election expenditures
/ even before it has been decided
when to hold elections.
What is interesting to a west-
erner about the discussion is
One particular Pote Sarasin
proposal is that the government
should supply candidates with
printed election material with-
out charge. But one Thai news-
paper sees an indirect menace
to freedom of speech in this
idea.
printing of violent expressions
of opinion that run counter to
what the powers that be wish
to have printed. Moreover, the
fear has been expressed that an
incumbent government might be
tempted to use election expense
money under its control to sup-
port a majority of candidates
of its own choosing.
The American who has wit-
nessed the invasion of U.S. poli-
tics by well-heeled Kennedys.
Harrimans, Rockefellers and
even such minor millionaires as
The same situation would pre-
vail in America if Lyndon John-
son succeeds in exempting small
political contributions from In-
gon is now a thick-walled for-
tress.
When its bomb-blasted facade
was replaced, the builders
beefed up the strength of the
walls and cut the windows down
to little more than airliner size.
There's barbed wire around the
place and the streets leading to
it are heavily guarded. Big
whitewashed, barrel-shaped con-
crete tank-traps are ready to
resist all efforts to breach the
defense line by bomb - laden
truck.
Some days the "go home'
demonstration near the em-
bassy is sinister looking enough
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courtroom every day of the
trial) collared him in the corri-
dor and shrilled, ‘Is there no
case so low, so despicable, so
outrageous that you wouldn't
take it” “That, remains to be
come under fire.
. Moreover, the Bangkok papers
which have been talking about
government financial aid to can-
didates have been running sto-
ries about such routine Ameri-
can devices as the Democratic
Party’s President's Club, which,
charges $1,000 per member and
attracts contractors who might
have much to gain from politi-
cal favoritism.,
Pote Sarasin’s friends in the
government could presumably
Credit counseling services are
available in, at least 27 states
and Ontario, Canada. Soon there,
may be one In Washington,
D.C., and in the near future
In a doubtful world most peo-
ple believe the rattlesnake is at
least one creep that gives fair
warning. In a recent experiment
only four per Cent of A 'group of
these snakes shook their rattles
before striking. Y
menon are these:
Consumer instalment debt has
increased from about $48 billion
in 1962 to close to $70 billion ear-
ly this year. Personal bank-
ruptcies, estimated at more
than 140.000 a year, have had a
similar increase.
Some of this results from ill-
ness and acts of God. Much of
it, however, represents the pro-
liferation of charge accounts,
credit cards, easy terms, and
the buynowpay-later philoso-
phy.
You may have noticed that
the same person who fumbles,
hesitates and then decides not
to tip the shoeshine boy may
flash his credit cards elsewhere
as if there were, no tomorrow.
He doesn’t know how to use
credit.
At fault for the prevalence of
this attitude are those who dis-
pense credit. Admittedly, they
have emphasized the ease and
not the pain.
Any community can begin a
credit counseling service if its
merchants, doctors, lawyers,
loan officials and bankers want
one and are willing to pay the
administrative costs. One proce-
dure is to write the National
Foundation For Consumer Cred-
it, 1411 K--Street, NW; Washing-
ton, D.C.
sided political advantage which
the scion of a wealthy family
has over a penurious opponent
in America, the advantages to
be derived by an incumbent
through government censorship
of poster material looks like
pretty small potatoes.
For better or worse, the most
that the government could do
would be to take some of the
passion out of electioneering
by prescribing dignified forms.
If Thailand's Pote Sarasin could
neutralize the power of money
in Thai elections, he would be nassy sinister 10UKIDE envuss
setting an example for the to Saigon? One of these days or to impel you to remain in the
whole democratic world. years, there’s going to be a va-. pleas antembassy residence in
The chances that he will sue- cancy here. Henry Cabot Lodge, a tree-shaded street several
ceed, howeveer, are exceedingly though a zestful 64, has served miles away. There's an office
slim. No one can prevent a over and beyond the call of there, too, phones, telecommuni-
monied man from having an duty. He'd like to get on to cations, code books, and food
advantage in politics, other -—":— Ent name - halier .•. -- 4----
things being equal. And should
the Thai government manage
to formalize the practice of giv-
ing even-handed help to all po-
litical candidates, this would
merely come under the heading
of the "other things" that are
equal.
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they are expected to appear in
every state where laws permit.
The facts behind the pheno-
BANGKOK, Thailand - The
topic of elections, while not as
pressing here as it has been in
South Viet Nam, gets some
rather desultory attention.
According to promises made
some years ago, the mild mili-
tary dictatorship (neither very
military nor very dictatorial)
that runs the country under a
Field Marshal Prime Minister
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Credit Surge Accompanied
By Related Phenomenon
By JOHN T. CUNNIFF
is supposed to give way to a
constitutional monarchy after a
period of discussion.
Pote Sarasin, the U.S.-edu-
cated Minister of National De- . ---------- . - y
- velopment, has . been assigned ernment is going to subsidize the
. the duty of making a study of
the possible formation of politi-
cal parties in Thailand. The ar-
gument is that parties are
needed to cut down on the be-
wilderment that would result if
every candidate for the National
Assembly were to run on his
own ticket with his own sep-
jacket."
The term was used in the last interim
report by the league on Phase I of its current
study of Texas metropolitan areas.
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problems will agree that it's in a strait-
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swered at this time.
It needs to be answered because, despite cur-
rant governmental concern with the elderly, the
median age In this country is dropping rapidly.
Here are some other facts which help to sub-
stantiate that statement:
—Over three-fourths of today's population in this
country had no adult experience with the stock
market crash of 1929, with the prohibition era
which ended in 1933 and with the pre-old age in-
surance time which began in 1937.
—About 71 per cent of the population has had
no adult experience with mass unemployment
(mid-1941 when 5.5 million or about 10 per cent of
the labor, force was jobless).
Sixty-six per cent, had.no adult experience
with World War II.
—About 40 per cent of the current population
Is in the 0-19 age bracket compared to 34 per
cent in 1950.
There is some evidence that the rate of climb in
population has slowed down during the past sev-
eral years.
Despite that trend, the median age will continue
to drop during the foreseeable future and this poses
some towering problems for all segments of the
economy, as well as for government.
The range of meanings in this covers everything
from the size of the market for diapers to the
number of teachers needed by schools and colleges.
And since the Orange area is well below the na-
tional figure for median age the impact of the pres-
ent and future population makeup will have more
influence here than In most other parts of the
nation.
It's going to be quite a challenge to our busi-
nessmen, industrialists, educators and other of-
ficials of the local agencies of government.
It’s also going to be rather costly for the ar-
F ea’s taxpayers ‘who must bear the local share of
the expense involved In providing educational and
other facilities that must be maintained by any
community which wants the very best of every-
thing for its youngsters.
which includes the more than
500,000 U.S. troops, the office of
Deputy Ambassador William J.
Porter, aid agencies, political
sections, economic missions,
public relations, CIA, etc.
If anything goes wrong with
any of them, you’re to blame.
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THE ORANGE LEADER
EDITORIAL PAGE
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1966
County which, with some individual varia-
tions, follow that plan.
However, contractural arrangements of
this nature by Texas counties are presently
limited by state law to jointly financed
activities such as city-county health services
and public libraries.
That can be remedied through legislation
but this would do nothing toward removing
the straitjacket placed on county govern- .
merits .by the statute requiring that they
levy property taxes for the state on taxable
property which is not subject to the home-
stead exemption. 1
Locally applied, this means that the
Orange County Government, which is at the
limit of its constitutional tax rates, would
If tomorrow is your birthday, your horoscope
indicates that, within the next year, you will have
a chance to make good use of some of the Vir-
goan's best traits — notably your courage, self-
discipline and the ability to face situations realis-
tically, The fact Is that, during the next 12 months,
you will face some “ups and downs” in job and
financial matters, and it will be up to you to take
advantage of the good periods and to be cautious
during those which are somewhat adverse.
For instance: The period between Nov. 21 and
mid February will be fine for finances, but you
will have to maintain a policy of ultra-conserva-
tism between now and the end of October. After
Feb. 15, March, April and May will probably seem
quite "dull” where monetary matters are concerned,
since no really good boost along these lines is fore-
cast before next June. So be guided accordingly,
and expect still another good trend beginning next
August, Best periods for job concerns: Septem-
ber, January, April, June and next September.
Take advantage of all opportunities to forge ahead
during these months. '
Personal matters will be governed by generous
influences for most of the year ahead, with emphasis
on romance in late December, next April, May
and August; on travel, in early February and the
period between May 15 and Sept. 10, of next year.
Jr careful to avoid friction in early March and-or
early June, domestic concerns should have smooth
sailing.
enough to hold out until the re-
serves arrive. There's good rea-
son to believe that the Viet
Cong have not “reached" your
chef and ordered him to impale
the shishkebob with a poisoned
dart. Well, pretty good reason
to believe.
If you venture outdoors, which
you must, you walk through
largest unit of U.S. Marines now
guarding any U.S. ambassador.
They dress informally, slacks
and half-sleeved sports shirts.
Their machine guns are quite
formal, however. You give them
a wave and step into your car.
It is a different model than the
last one you used. They look
like every other type of U.S
black sedan. But each has bul-
letproof windows and wind-
shields and are steel plated
from top to bottom, to survive
a grenade attack or land mine.
The rear window is curtained.
If you’re headed for the office,
you take a different route each
time, to throw off the VC.
There is always work, and
at odd hours. Messages from
Washington that must be an-
swered arrive generally be-
tween 3 a.m and 5. there being
a 12-hour time difference, and,
of course, there’s the endless
task of presiding as chairman
over the biggest, most complex
and costliest U.S. mission —
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stay in office forever if they
adopted certain American elec-
tion campaign customs, but
Pote, being something of an
idealist who is concerned about
Thai,political apathy, wants to
insure a free field and no favor
when elections are finally held.
THESE DAYS ...
Elections Get Desultory Attention
By JOHN CHAMBERLAIN
YOUR HOROSCOPE . . .
The Stars Say
FOR TOMORROW
With a spirit of enterprise and keen analysis of
all situations, you should be able to handle almost
any job well now. Do not, however, consider plans
made for the future as final. You may have to do a
bit of re-evaluating, make some improvements.
FOR THE BIRTHDAY -
seen,” answered the lawyer In
equally resonant tones. “What
have you been up to, madam?”
A Santa Monica sports fan Is
working on a new kind of all-
star baseball team — just what
kind you’ll be able to figure out
for yourself when you bear his
first six nominations: Tenor
from Mets; Holey from the Red
Sox; Scalped from the Indians;
Chicken from the Braves; Fal-
len from the Angels, and Loot
from tho Pirates. Any nomina-
lions for the positions still open?
Dr. Norman Vincent Peale
bought a snazzy new automo-
bile recently, but ran It right
back to the dealer two days
later. "Wi at’s the matter. Rev-
erend?” twilled the dealer.
"Can't you run this delicately
tuned car?" Dr. Peale, as al-
ways fast on the uptake, an-
swered sharply, "Not and stay
in tho ministry."
A child born on this day will be endowed with
fine creative gifts; could gain recognition in the
literary and architectural fields, especially.
EVERETT, WASH., HERALD: "It’s easy to see
how Uncle Sani gets some of us stubborn and
recalcitrant citizens to do what he wants. He
simply holds back federal funds if we don’t. . .
But how about those who don’t get any type of
government check. How can they be brought into
line? Of course they are fewer and fewer every
year so maybe this problem will just ‘disappear
as the Grand Society encompasses all.”
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NEW YORK (AP) - The tre-
mendous surge in the use of
credit during the 1960s is being
accompanied by a related phe-
nomenon: counseling services
that advise or supervise those
who can’t pay bills.
The reception given a new
counseling service here indi-
cates there are a lot of people
who thought they were basking
in the good life only to have a
tidal wave of bills submerge
them in debt.
Said William J. Martin Jr.,
President of Consumer Credit
Counseling Service of Long. Is-
land:, *
“We haven't publicized the
service much, but we have de-
termined there is a definite
need. People are hanging down
the door." Those seeking help
are “confused, overwhelmed by
their position."
Called by various names-
debtors anonymous, credit
counselors, consumer counse-
lors-they have the same goal:
To take the avalanche of bills
you can't pay, put you on a
strict budget and, if necessary,
horsetrade- your creditors into
taking payments in smaller
amounts.
ACROSS THE EDITOR’S DESK...
Population Explosion Needs More Attention
By J. CULLEN BROWNING -*,
something that offers a better
future, like mixing plutonium.
If you're serious enough about
this job to start shopping for a
wardrobe, forget the silk top-
hat. Somebody would shoot it
off you. Better buy some light-
weight suits. This place can
be a furnace, particularly when
you’re required to stand for
hours in the sun watching a
Vietnamese ceremony and lis-
tening to the speeches. What do
you mean, you’d duck that sort
of thing? Brother, you fail to
show up and it’s an insult to
the government, a slap at Pre-
mier Ky, and it would take
weeks or months to restore the
equilibrium of our relations.
Your insurance company
might send you a little notice
to the effect that it is no longer
responsible for you, now that
you'Ve blown your stack and
voluntarily accepted a job
where there’s a price on the in-
cumbent's head. In addition to
being an ambassador extraordi-
nary and minister plenipotenti-
ary, you're also a clay plgeon.
Your office in downtown Sai-
Soon it may be difficult for
people to find parking space for
themselves-let alone their
cars. In the next 20 years the
U.S. population Is expected to
add as many persons as now
dwell in all the stales west of
the Mississippi River.
The cheetah long has been
If civilization really is "a race
between education and catas-
trophe," we may be buying our
way to safety. America spent
$39 billion on education in 1965,
which is 300 per cent above the
figure for 25 years ago.
Researchers say it takes
about three years of steady
smoking to become hooked by
the habit. They’ve found that
about 10 per cent of new smok-
ers start in the sixth grade.
And, despite all medical
warnings of possible health haz-
ards, only 15 per cent of regular
smokers have quit.
Who is the poorest-fed mem-
ber of the average U.S. family?
Studies indicate it is the teen-
age girl. Her diet isn't as well-
balanced as that of a farm ani-
mal being raised for market. €
The United States was the
penoar first nation to require a
Our first census, voted in
March, 1790, cost $44,377. The '
bill for the 1960 census came to
$106,430,000.
Poll takers have found that
the “average” U.S. woman
speaks 4,800 words a day and is
on the phone one year in her
lifetime. And might talk even
more if she didn't spend up to
five hours a day watching tele-
vision.
It may help you to take the
whistle out of your new set of
false teeth if you will repeat the
following sentence over and
over: "Sarah in a shawl, shov-
eled soft snow softly.”
It was James Jeffrey Roche,
an American newspaperman,
who advised, “Pay as you go,
but not if you intend going for
good.”
Barry Goldwater and the late
'Sen Kerr of Oklahoma may - .
well smile at Thai editorial crit- come tax. The Kennedys and
icism of the idea of government Rockefellers, with access to the
subsidy of political candidates. big money, would merely take
Compared to the heavily one- off from a higher threshold.
There is also a law enforcement problem In-
volved with this. An unfortunate fact of life is that
crime among juveniles is on the increase in this
country. This necessitates heavier and heavier out-
lays for dealing with young lawbreakers.
My reason for mentioning all this is to lay the / arate platform,
predicate for a suggestion that we who live in the
Orange area give consideration to the idea of es-
tablishing a yonth council of some sort.
There are, of course, a number of local organi-
zations involved with and doing excellent work in
And the question of whether or not the U.S. can ’ various fields of youth development.
meet the challenge of an exploding population as
well as it has met the Sputnik challenge is unan-
year.
The TRL report states the problem in
these words:
“The basic laws of Texas assume that all
county governments should be alike. The
obvious fallacy of this assumption is the.
myriad of special acts, primarily affecting
one or another of the urban counties of
Texas, creating new districts with added tax
■ rates or special boards.
, “Urban counties in Texas have found it
necessary to enter into agreements with cities
that are different from those in rural
counties, but they are forced to resort to
special legislation and unwieldy structural
arrangements to do what needs to be done
in an urban environment
“A major deterrent to effective and
economical use of Texas county government
is the view that the county has no legislative
authority with which to respond, to its unique
situations.
“This legal straitjacket, limiting its au- Moreover, the Orange County Govern-
thority and its form, has significantly con- ment already is confronted with a necessity
tributed to a belief that county government for increasing its assessment ratio next year
is not capable of responding to urban needs."
The report takes note in this connection
of an interview by the Corpus Christi Caller-
Times with Harold Green, county com-
missioner in Tom Green County. He is quot-
ed as saying:
“We have to realize that counties with
large cities face situations we didn't even
envision 25 years ago. I think the time has
come to face and adjust to these realities,
no matter how painful it may be. . ,
“I think this type of change is necessary
for the very survival of county government
itself. But out of this in due course of time
NEW YORK (AP) — Things a thought the fastest animal on
columnist might never know if earth, and may be. But it has
ho miath coon his been scientifically clocked at
he didn’t open his man, only 56 miles an hour, whereas
the American pronghorn ante-
lope has exceeded 61.
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The Minister of National De-
velopment thinks the govern-
ment, should provide campaign
funds out of the State budget to
all candidates of - whatever
party. The idea would be to
get away from the corruption THE OFFBEAT NEWSBEAT
that has usually resulted in . 1 . . . .
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It could be that Pote Sarasin, By HAL BOYLE
who went to school at Wilbra- 7
ham in Massachusetts, has been '
following the headlines f r om
America about the Tom Dodd
case, in which the whole prac-
tice of raising political expense
money by tax-free gifts and ela-
borate testimonial dinners has
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